So, it was not many months back that I outlined the manner in which the behavioral characteristics of applications can facilitate their profiling to address various aspects of their management and maintenance. I equated application profiles to human personalities and also coined the term -- applities -- a term that represents application personalities. The ensuing discussions in social media -- internal and external -- led me to wonder whether this analogy can be extended to the enabling infrastructure where applications are housed. Patti Putnicki from OutSourcing Center interviewed me and has put in words my thoughts along with her own embellishments in this article titled Giving your IT Environment a (Not So) Extreme Home Makeover.

In other words, can we characterize the nature and type of infrastructure that can be used to effectively accommodate applications? After all, applications -- like people -- need a home as well. Does the nature of the applity determine the type of infrastructure? I was intrigued to find out that this is indeed the case. Thus was born the concept of Applities being accommodated in your house of IT just like you accommodate guests during the holidays. It gave rise to the potential need for remodeling (think Transformation and Modernization) needed for your House of IT to accommodate the guests (applities).